World’s Fastest-Talking Female to Speed Read Names of Save the
Children Donors

December 27, 2012 02:34 PM Eastern Time

WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The old adage goes, you can’t thank people enough – but World Famous
speed talker Fran Capo is setting out to prove you can thank people
fast enough. And she’s doing it for a good cause. Save the Children,
the world’s leading independent organization for kids, has enlisted
Fran’s aid in their year-end fundraising appeal.

“Their caring staff cares for newborn babies, feeds
hungry children, educates kids, and responds to disasters like Hurricane
Sandy and the Japanese tsunami. I want to say a thank you to as many of
their generous donors as I can.”

Fran is a six-time world record holder, most-widely known as the
Guinness World Records™ fastest talking female, clocked at 603.32 words
in 54.2 seconds. As a thank you, Fran will speed-read the name of every
generous person who gives on Dec. 27 to commemorate the last #ThankYou
Thursday of 2012.

“What could be a better cause than kids? Save the Children works in
around the world from America to Zimbabwe, saving one child at a time,”
said Fran Capo. “Their caring staff cares for newborn babies, feeds
hungry children, educates kids, and responds to disasters like Hurricane
Sandy and the Japanese tsunami. I want to say a thank you to as many of
their generous donors as I can.”

Save the Children is creating a “thank you” video recognizing all donors
who donate online at www.SavetheChildren.org/WithoutYou
on Dec. 27 by 11:59 PM EST. The video will be narrated by Capo.

While many charities focus on saying “please” this time of year, Save
the Children is upping the ante on ways to say “thank you.” The
organization will also thank every donor who donates, then tweets, using
#withyou and @SavetheChildren. In that vein, Save the Children has
launched a dedicated webpage which hosts interactive word clouds of
donors’ first names and U.S. states at www.savethechildren.org/withyou.

Save
the Childrenis the world’s leading independent organization
for children in need, with programs in more than 120 countries,
including the United States. We have received a 4-star rating for the
past 11 years from Charity Navigator and are rated A+ by the American
Institute of Philanthropy.We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the
way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting
change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic
opportunities. In times of acute crisis, we mobilize rapid assistance to
help children recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural
disasters. Follow us onTwitter,
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and YouTube.

About Fran Capo

Fran Capo is a stand-up comic, keynote motivational speaker, 18-time
author, actress, voiceover artist, consultant, spokesperson, TV host ,
comedy show producer, and adventurer who has bungee jumped, scuba dived
with sharks, driven race cars, did a book signing at the top of Mount
Kilimanjaro and one down by the wreck site of the Titanic. Fran has been
seen on over 350 television shows and 4,500 radio shows including: The
Talk, Entertainment Tonight, Larry King Live, Huckabee, The Doctors, Fox
& Friends, Nick at Nite and the Martha Stewart Show. She is a sought
after speaker who has educated and motivated a wide array of audiences
from CEO's of fortune 500 companies, to Hells Angels, to churches to
elementary school children. Her humanitarian work is vast from
fundraising for animals, to going to the Dominican Republic with 39
chiropractors to see over 19,000 patients in 2 days. She loves helping
children in all aspects from building self-esteem to making them laugh.
She has monthly series called, Cuppa Capo which are humorous
motivational you tube videos to help inspire and motivate people to be
the best they can be. You can find out more about Fran Capo at www.francapo.com.